Notorious Scottish serial killer Peter Tobin was linked to seven unsolved murders before he died in hospital.The evil murderer and rapist, who had cancer, died aged 76 today.
It comes after a final image showing the Scots killer chained to a hospital bed was released weeks before his death. While Tobin was serving three life sentences for brutally slaying three women between 1991 and 2006, he has also been linked to a string of unsolved murders.He butchered Angelica Kluk, 23, Vicky Hamilton, 15 and Dinah McNicol, 18 - but has also been linked to a string of cold-case deaths across Britain, including the infamous "Bible John" murders.The unidentified killer is believed to have murdered three young women after meeting them at the Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow, Scotland, between 1968 and 1969.Tobin's evil past came to light in 2007 after he was convicted of murdering Polish student Angelika.
Police later found the bodies of Vicky and Dinah at the killer's previous address in Margate, Kent.According to criminologist Professor David Wilson, Peter Tobin is reported to have told a prison psychiatrist he killed 48 women then smiled and said: “Prove it.”Tobin has been described as an "organised and geographically mobile" serial killer as he would murder in one part of the country before fleeing to another.
When Tobin murdered Angelika Kluk in September 2006, he was 60. Professor Wilson told the Mirror that serial murder is a young man’s business which usually begins when the killer is in his late teens to early twenties - suggesting Tobin had been murdering for some 40 years.
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